The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-07-23

winch nGw, solely tirouyh the great steel
works whch hcar the Krupp name, has
grown To be a city of nearly one huadIed
Thousand inhabitants. In 1910 Frederick
kYnpp, his father, established little fur.
mace for reducing and work ing iron, and
employed two workmen. The enterprise
CIV bnt SIo~ly until 1926, when the son,
Alfred krnpp, took charge, and com
mcnced the manufacture ana casting of
steel, the possibilities of which industry
the Young man saw Under his manage
mcut the establishment steadily grew,
the cnterprislug manager and (since 1919
sole owner extending his operations on
every hand as opportunity offered. He
manufactured mild s.eel, in contra
distinction to the high tempered, brittle
steel then almost the only form known.
In 1Sl6 he made his first gun of steel and
i'll 1919 his scuord. In lS5l he cXhitcd at
the WORLDS Exhibition at Paris a block
OF cast steel weighing about torty-i.vc
hundred weight, thcu an unprecedented
tr.t lie turned his attcutiun IL the
manufacture Of great guns, aud every
year his works and the size of his pro-
auctions increased. At every eXhlbltiou
his enormous guns and other machines
We're exhibited, and at Puis, 1867 he ex
hibIttd ono Of his great seige guns winch
weighed t, 0OO Kilograms (3i, 600 pounds }
ard. with the carriage, 10, coo kilos no.
i'll 1871, it is said, this gun was used to
bonn bard the left bank of the Seine. The
Franco PruSsian war gave IA vast impetus
to tine prosperity of the establishment III
this direction, but monitionS of war were
by no means the only prodnct of the
| krupp establishment. Acco. ding to a
circular issued by the firm, and distribu-
ted at the Centennial Exhibition, the
firm produced axles, tires, wheels and
crossings for railways, rails aud springs,
shafts, machinery, boiler plates, rolls,
spring steel. tool steel, guns, gun car
ri.gGS, shot, etc.
The establishment had in 1876, accord
ing TO the same circular, 100 furnaces OF
| different kinds, 2I5 coke ovens, 26i
| smith 5 FORCES, POS steam hammers OF
from , to 1000 hundred weight each, Is
rolling trains, 291 steam engines Of from
to 1000 horse power each, giving total
of 900 horse power and 1868 machine
| tools. 1000 tons of coal aud coke were
consumed in lSi5. Twenty three mile
of broad gauge and II miles OF narrow
gauge railways, PA wagons, SO horses,
81 miles of telegraph wires were also
| possessed by the firm The firm had or
| ganzei chemical laboratory. Fhotogra-
| pho, photographic, printing and book
| bidding establishments. General supply
stores, where provisions, Ne, are sold t.
| workmen at cost prices, were under the
control of the firm. These stores took il
| So, 800 monthly. Undcr the same head
were also classed hotel, three beef
houses, one Settler water mandatory,
| 4 flour mill, a bakery and a slaEg htel
| house; 3211 houses were inhabited by the
officers and workmen and boarding houses
| offered board and lodging to $500 uumar-
| ried workmeu. This immense establish
ment employed, in April, 1876 10. SOC
workmen, who have sick and burial
funds, to which the firm contributes one
| half the amount contributed by the mem
| bers, and fund which provides for the
medical treatment of family for one
| year for one dollar. Hospitals, schools,
etc, are also maintained by the firm.
Besides these great steel works the
| firm owned and operated four coal and
Ala iron ore mines and five smelling
works. in which 5000 workmen are en-
ployed and possessed important conces-
| ton of the ore from the mines which it
| owned in Spain, the firm possessed foul
steamers of 100 tons carrying capacity
each. In the dwellings attached to the
mines aud smelling works there were
| living 1900 individuals The firm also
had proof butts for testing guns and car
riages at Essen, and a range near Dul
men, in Westphalia, more than eight
and half miles in length. In 1873 it
| owned a still larger range at Meppcn.
The great gun, which formed lead
ing attraction at the Centennial Exhibi-
ton, was %! feet long, with calibre of
IS! inches. The weight of the charged
steel shell was ll22 pounds, and the
charge of powder was 215 pounds. The
gun and carriage weighed 81 tons, the
gun alone weighing - tons. He had
alongside it another gun measuring Ii!
feet long and 9 inches calibre, and several
smaller field and mountain guns What
was probably the largest forging i'll the
exhibition, was shown by krupp. 1t was
| a shalt, with three cranks and coupling
tiange, forged under steam hammer of
| fifty tons weight, from solid cylindrical
block of cast steel of about thirty tons
| in weight. 1t was intended for the 100
clad. The exhibit was very large and
| included forgings and castings of almost
every description and number of new
Inventions. An exhibit of ores, pig iron
and steel, the products of the mines and
blast furnaces, was also shown.
Sncc 1876 The krupp establishment
has steadily CLOWN and has shown d
steady inIreas5 in the size and impor
Jarc. of its Productions The largest
| gun i'll the world, the 125 ten gun, owned
| by the Italian Government, was the pro.
duct Of the krupp establishment, and
almost every government III the world
POSSESSES specimens of its handiwork.
All this immense establishment was
the absolute possession of Alfred krupp,
who was, however, always an unprcten-
tious man. In 1861 he refused title of
nobility, and the only office he ever held
was that of privy commercial councillor
to the Nag of Prussia. He is described
as tall, fine lookin. man, of very intel
lectual appearance. His residence was
near Essen, upon an eminence overlook
ing the town. For several years be has
ceased to personally direct the works,